Garment



Nov. l, 1949 A. FRIEDLAND 2,486,835

GARMENT Filed Oct. 26, 1945 2 Sheets-Shea?l 1 ,fz 0*, 111.1111.. v1.

D N A L D E R F A GARMENT 2 Sheets-Sheetl 2 Filed Oct. 26, .1945

Patented Nov. l, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GARMENT Al Friedland, Lawrence, N. Y.

Application October 26, 1945, Serial No. 624,851

This invention relates generally to garments, but more specifically to means for preventing sagging of ladies garments at the seat portion of the skirt.

The main object of the invention resides in the provision of a ladys garment construction whereby sagging thereof at the seat portion of the skirt is eliminated and is an improvement over my co-pending application for patent which matured into United States Patent No. 2,389,192.

Another object of the invention resides in the application of a substantially non-resilient lining so secured to the inner surface of the seat portion of a ladys garment as to curtail stretching of the garment fabric thereat in an economical, durable and concealed manner.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of a lining at the seat portion of a skirt which in addition to curtailing stretching of the garment fabric thereat also serves to maintain the shape of the seat portion of the garment when the wearer is in standing or walking posture.

These objects and other incidental ends and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear in the progress of the disclosure and as pointed out in the appended claims.

Accompanying this specification are drawings showing preferred forms of the invention wherein corresponding reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several Views and wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a skirt portion of a garment partly broken away having a lining member secured at the seat region thereof.

Figure 2 is a perspective View of a garment including a ladys skirt having a lining member secured at the seat region thereof.

Figure 3 is a sectional View of Figure 1 along the rear lined portion of the skirt as indicated by plane 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is an enlarged View of a portion of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a combined front view in elevation and a longitudinal sectional view of the rear portion of a skirt having a single panel and a single lining therefor.

Figure 6 is a front view in elevation of the inner side of the rear portion of a skirt provided with substantially non-resilient lining means.

Figure 7 is a front view in elevation of the outer side of the rear portion shown in Figure 6.

Figure 8 is a sectional view of Figure 6 taken along the plane 8 8.

Figure 9 is a front view in elevation of the limer side of a skirt portion modifying that of the skirt 2 Claims. (Cl. 2-211) portion shown in Figure 6, Figure 8 showing a section thereof along the plane 38.

In accordance with the invention and the preferred forms shown, numeral IIJ indicates generally a garment of which the skirt portion includes the structure of the invention herein. Thus, skirt II, which may be either part of garment I0 or independent thereof is adapted to have a seat portion which does not sag following seat posture and to attain this end one form of the invention as shown in Figures 1-4 utilizes a rear skirt portion comprised of a plurality of panels as indicated by numerals I2, I3 and I4.

Each individual panel is provided with a lining member of a substantially non-resilient .lining material, said lining member terminating above the bottom of the panel member and being secured to the upper part of the lateral edges of the panel in any suitable manner as by a continuous line of stitching.

Thus, panel I2 has a substantially non-resilient lining I2a of the same width but shorter in length than said panel and is secured to the inner panel side as by a continuous line of stitching I2b which extends along the upper and the lateral edges and across the panel adjacent the bottom edge of the lining member. Panels I3 and I4 are similarly provided with substantially non-resilient lining members I3a and I4a respectively and are secured thereto as by lines of stitching I3b and I4b respectively.

. vPanels I2, I3 and Illvwith the linings attached are then secured together at the inner adjacent lateral edges as by lines of stitching I5 and I6 as shown in Figures 3 and 4 to form the rear vcomposite skirt portion. It is to the lateral edges I'I and I8 of said rear composite skirt portion that the front part of the skirt is secured.

As shown in Figure 1 the front of the skirt may have an intermediate panel I9 secured along its lateral edges to the inner lateral edges of panels 20 and 2I, the outer lateral edges of the panels 20 and 2| being secured to the edges I1 and I8 by a suitable line of stitching (not shown).

In Figure 5 the rear portion of skirt II is in the form of a single panel 22 having a substantially non-resilient lining member 23 terminating short of the panel bottom as at lower edge 24. Lining 23 is secured to panel 22 by a continuous line of stitching 25.

In Figures 6 and 7 the rear of a skirt is shown as comprised of panels 26, 2'I and 28 each provided with a substantially non-resilient lining such as 26a, 21a and 28a respectively, the said lining terminating short of the bottom edge of the corresponding panels as at edges 26h, 2lb and 28b respectively. Each of said linings is secured to its corresponding panel at the upper and lateral edges only while the panels with the linings attached are secured to each other laterally by suitable lines of stitching. Thus, each of Ithe panels such as adjacent panels 26 and 21 has its corresponding lining secured along the lateral edges as by lines of stitching 26e and 21e while the lateral edges of the said panels with the lining attached are secured as by the line of stitching 29. The upper edges of the secured panels 26, 21 and 28 are secured by a waist band 30 as by lines of stitching 3|, the said waist band being preferably applied after the front and rear portions of the skirt have been secured together. As shown in Figure 6 a lower band 32 may be used to reinforce the skirt portion adjacent the lower edge and may similarly be applied as by lines of stitching 33 after all of the skirt elements are secured together.

In Figure 9 the lining members 26a', 27a' and 28a are shown as extending down the full length of the panels 26, 2l and 28. In this embodiment the linings are secured to the corresponding panels throughout the full length of the lateral edges of the panel members. After adjacent panels with linings attached are secured to each other as by lines of stitching 29 and after the front portion of the skirt is secured to .the rear portion upper and lower bands 30 and 34 may be used to secure the free upper and lower edges of the linings to the corresponding edges of the panels as yby lines of stitching 3| and 35, respectively.

.In all the embodiments of the invention shown herein the substantially non-resilient character of the linings relative to the fabric of the panels and the means of aflixation of said linings to the inner sides of the panels account for producing a skirt wherein the seat portion is rendered sagless, The above mentioned lining is adapted to be concealed within lthe skirt and the outline thereof is invisible from the outer surface thereoi". A skirt having a seat portion of the above nature has longer life and provides a t which endures until the fabric of the skirt is actually worn out.

I wish it understood that minor changes and line to Ithe vicinity of the knees of the wearer and having its rear portion made of a plurality of preformed composite panels, each of said preformed panels including a fabric body section and a substantially non-stretchable fabric lining section, said lining sections being coeextensive in width with the fabric body sections and extending downwardly from the waistline and terminating below and in the vicinity of the seat portion of .said skirt member, the side and top edges of the rear lining sections being secured to the side and top edges of the fabric body sections and the bottom edge of the lining section being secured to the inner surface of the fabric body section, the adjoining edges of the composite rear panels being turned out of the plane of the skirt member interiorly thereof,

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variations in the materials used, the shape, size .M

duplication of parts and distribution and location of the securing seams or means may all be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a, garment, a skirt, member circumferentially continuous and extending from the waistthe inturned edge portions of the adjacent composite panels being secured together, whereby the rear portion of said skirt member is prevented from 'pulling out at the seat portion during wear.

2. In a garment, a skirt member circumferentially continuous and extending from the waist line to the vicinity of the knees of the wearer and having a rear portion made of a plurality of preformed panels, said preformed panels including a fabric body section and a co-#extensive nonstetchable fabric lining section, said lining section extending downwardly from the waist-line and terminating below and in the vicinity of the seat portion of said skirt member, the side and top'edges of the said lining section being secured to the side and top edges of the rear portion of the skirt member, the adjoining edges of the rear portion of the skirt member with respect to the skirt member being turned out of the plane of said skirt member and interiorly thereof where- -by Ithe rear portion of said skirt member is prevented from puffing out at the seat portion during wear.

AL FRIEDLAND.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 723,191 Adler Mar. 17, 1903 1,076,124 Juda Oct'. 2i, 1913 1,298,845 Williams Apr. l, 1919 1,398,117 Scherfer Nov. 22, 1921 1,737,408 Chate'ld Nov; 25, 1929 2,019,545 Roth Nov. 5, 1935 2,081,915 Edmiston June l, 1937 2,236,269 Horbli-t Mar` 25, 1941 2,389,192 Friedland Nov. 20, 1945 

